CHAPTER 11

Disclaimer:I did not make Kingdom Hearts and I do not claim to own it, now moving on.

Author's note:You know, I realize there is a lot of fainting and near-death experiences in my story. Maybe I just have a thing against writing school scenes. Don't worry, it'll all stop for a while, and everyone will go back to normal. Sort of. Well, c'mon, I mean, when is anything normal in this story? What with a homicidal bitch coming after our little protagonist and all. It's not like Anne of Green Gables in here or anything.

Lollc, I jut wanted to say that. Very satisfying. X3

Emjoy!

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Finally, without further ado, Chapter 11!

Chapter 11

Roxas was fighting Larxene. For some odd reason, Axel was fighting alongside him. Roxas feinted toward Larxene, but her crony jumped in front of Roxas, making the blonde skid to a halt an inch in front of him. Roxas's blue eyes widened as the big bulk that was a kid (or was he…?) raised his weapon.

Suddenly Axel dashed to Roxas's side, pushing him out of the way and receiving the blunt of the blow. Axel staggered and fell, his already scrawny body looking thinner, and worst for wear as it crumpled. Roxas yelled in shock and horror, but Larxene's bodyguard was advancing on him. Roxas didn't know what to do, so he raised his fists. Somehow his struggle weapon lay a few feet away.

But then Larxene's shrill voice cut in.

"I'm going to destroy Roxas." She said coldly. The man (for how the heck could he be a kid, he was so big!) froze, and then moved aside, moving toward Axel. He lifted the redhead's head, so that Axel could watch dazedly as Larxene advanced on a terrified Roxas. Roxas lifted his fists, a little unsure now. For some reason Xemnas, the leader of Axel's gang, popped into Roxas's mind, but he couldn't hear what he was saying.

"This is where it ends, little one," Larxene hissed. She flew toward him, swinging her struggle weapon like a bat. Roxas jumped out of the way, landing nimbly on his hands, and then flipping to his feet. He watched in horror as, suddenly, Larxene turned into a Dragon.

What the Fuck?

Roxas shook his head, his eyes widening as she clawed the ground, roaring.

"I'm dreaming," Roxas muttered. "I'M DREAMING, ROXAS, WAKE UP!" Roxas screamed.

"WAKE UP!" Roxas screamed. In his moment of panic he flipped over the bed he was lying on and landed facedown on the floor.

"Ouch," an amused voice cut in. It was feminine, and Roxas thought it sounded vaguely familiar. He glanced up, into the school nurse's big brown eyes. Tifa smiled as Roxas scrambled up, glancing around. He'd never been to the Nurse's office, but he had heard her screaming after runaway students to come get their flu shot, and stop acting like big babies. Tifa was a tough one.

The room was white, really white, with silver tiles covering the floor. There were four cots lining the wall, surrounded by curtains, and at the foot of each was a chest of medicals. Tifa stood up too and walked over to a large sink in the corner, flanked by counters, which were below countless cupboards. This school was well stocked. But it made sense, Roxas thought, when it's full of gangs, and people like Larxene.

"How are you doing?" Tifa asked, calmly, as if discussing the weather. She came back with a thermometer. Roxas bit his lip, and she frowned and put a hand on her hip.

"Come now," she said to him. "It's procedure." Roxas sighed and she stuck it in his mouth. This was a good thermometer, not one of those crappy plastic ones that sliced open your tongue, like what most schools had.

A few seconds after she'd popped it in, the door opened, and a cocky Axel walked in. He turned to wave to someone, laughing, and turned toward Roxas's bed.

Roxas could've sworn the temperature on the thermometer rose in response to the heat in his face he felt.

Tifa raised an eyebrow as if she'd seen it too, but she walked away instead. This wasn't any of her business.

"Hey, shorty," Axel grinned, his face brightening. "I thought you'd be out all day. Again." Roxas made a non-committal shrugging motion, showing he was still a little tired. The redhead strode over and ruffled the blonde's hair, making his teeth wobble on account of the thermometer bouncing around.

Tifa walked over then, pulling the thermometer out. She examined the reading.

"You're a little warm," she mused, and Roxas's face reddened again. Tifa took no notice. She sighed and sat down in a chair across from him.

"You can either go home, or stay if you like," Tifa said, raising an eyebrow at him. It was like she knew what he was going to say.

Roxas started to say that he would rather stay in school, but Axel cut in.

"You've got PE next, squirt," the redhead warned.

Roxas froze, and then went on as if Axel had said nothing, but he was talking a little faster. "I think I'll go home," the blonde grinned sheepishly. Tifa nodded, as if she'd expected this, but her face was a little curious.

"What's so bad about PE?" She asked curiously. Roxas shrugged, looking embarrassed.

"I'm kind of a danger to my classmates. No hand-eye coordination or sense of team preservation." Tifa laughed, and went to go fill out a slip. Roxas sighed and flopped onto the cot. Axel laughed and sat next to him, leaning against the bedpost.

"So, what are we going to be doing the whole week?" Axel smirked. Roxas stared back at him, confused.

"What are you talking-" and then it hit him, and Roxas's eyes widened. "Oh, no, I was just trying to get out of- you don't have to spend your whole- I'm sure you've got better things to do than to- why would you want to spend time with- are you sure?" Roxas finally finished. He stared up at Axel, who had the look of a cat who just caught the mouse.

"I have nothing better to do than to spend my entire week with a short blonde kid who seems to gravitate danger toward him," he laughed. Roxas snorted, making a face. "Besides, I got it all planned out. The first thing I'm going to do is own you at Super Smash Brothers." The look on Axel's face was priceless; it appeared as though he was a little kid who was allowed to have a puppy AND eat all the candy he could ever want in his entire life.

"Super Smash Brothers?" Roxas echoed, unsure if he'd heard correctly.

"Yeah, you know, that game that features all of the Nintendo game characters over the years?" Axel explained.

"Yeah, I know that, but," Roxas hesitated. "Why?"

"Because it's fun," Axel replied, reaching over to ruffle the blonde's hair. "I;ve also got something planned for when I beat you, but we'll see."

"You have a gamecube?" Roxas asked softly.

'"Actually, I have the Wii version!" The redhead bounced on the bed, as if excited. "And I've got all the characters." Axel smirked. "I can give you a ride home, and you can rest, or… we could go to my house and play."

Roxas had a feeling Axel was trying to lure him with this. All of Roxas's friends knew the blonde's unhealthy addiction to video games, but in the recent events, he hadn't been able to play. He'd never been able to touch a Wii, but he'd always wanted one, if just for Super Smash. After all, Lucario was the most badass character in the game.

"Um…" Roxas bit his lip. He saw Axel's sly grin grow wider.

"You know, this could be a once-in-a-lifetime-chance, Roxas. They're calling your name! Lucario, Wolf, Diddy Kong, That stupid pink thing that annoys me to death…" Roxas's eyes began to light up as Axel taunted him, and the redhead's grin widened.

"Ok, your house!" Roxas burst. But he'd give Axel a run for his money, if he had any say in the matter.

Axel looked very pleased. He probably thought Roxas was an easy win. But Roxas plus video games equals SUPER ROXAS! Unless you add Cloud and Leon… Then it equals "Roxas gets pummeled." Either way, there was no Cloud and Leon, so Roxas was a shoe-in.

"All right, Roxas, you'll just need a ride home." Tifa said, suddenly, as if she hadn't heard a thing they'd jut said. Roxas thought he caught Axel giving her a look, as if to say, "Please, I know you heard all that."

Tifa smiled and just looked at Roxas. The blonde grinned.

"Axel's going to give me a ride." He stood up to take the excuse, a slip of paper that said he was allowed to leave, but the floor spun, and he wobbled. Axel leaped up to catch the small blonde, hoisting him upright. Roxas stared at Tifa as though she were spinning, and her brown eyes softened.

"Take him home," she said severely to Axel. Axel gave her an innocent look.

"Of course, Nurse Tifa. Where else would I take him?" He teased slightly. Tifa just gave him a look.

"He'd better be in school tomorrow, spiky." Tifa threatened. Axel laughed, undaunted. Tifa rolled her eyes and walked back to her desk, plugging in her iPod.

"All right, blondie, I'm gonna carry you again." Axel warned Roxas. The blonde looked a little drunk. Things were, apparently, still spinning.

"I'm all right," Roxas muttered. He took a step forward-

And fell. On his face. Where he promptly started laughing. Axel groaned. If this is what happened when the blonde wasn't drunk, Heaven only knew he should stay away from alcohol.

The redhead walked over and angled himself in the best position to pick up the now-quiet Roxas. Roxas let him pick him up, and Axel lifted the blonde. Roxas's blue eyes were wide when Axel finally shifted the blonde into his arms.

"There we go, kiddo." Axel said satisfactorily. He stepped out into the hall, and walked toward the parking lot. Roxas was silent the whole way.

"I had a bad dream," Roxas said after a moment. He figured that no matter how long he thought of different ways to say it, it would always sound childish, so he just said it.

"Oh?" Axel said, looking at the blonde without stopping his lengthy stride. Roxas nodded.

"It was about Larxene." Axel made a pained face, but it disappeared.

"Roxas…" Axel started. Roxas knew what he was going to say, and the blonde tried to flare up with as much dignity as one could while being carried in the other guy's arms.

Yeah. REAL dignified.

"I'm not dropping out," Roxas muttered, angry. "I'm going to beat her ass so hard she won't know whether she's heaven or hell." Roxas's face changed, and a look of pure venom entered his bright blue eyes. They darkened momentarily. Axel couldn't help but marvel in the small boy's strength of heart. He kinda reminded Axel of himself. But the blonde was still in danger.

"Roxas, you don't know what you're-" Axel started, setting the blonde down. They'd reached the redhead's big red truck. Roxas shook his head, interrupting him.

"That's why I'm asking you for help," the blonde said, crossing his arms. Axel started to retort but he stopped. The kid was right. He stopped, smirked, and raised an eyebrow.

"We'll start training tomorrow." Axel said softly. "I know some people who will want to make sure you live through this." His green eyes were bright, as though proud of the blonde in front of him. Roxas blinked. Well, that had gone easier than he's originally thought it would.

"Like who?' Roxas asked, cocking his head to look at Axel excitedly.

"Like, perhaps, Organization XIII?" Axel said, raising an eyebrow. "Once I decided to keep you around, you became one of us. We're watching over you, shorty." He turned to open the door for Roxas, pulling out his keys.

Roxas nodded, but he couldn't help remember what Larxene had said.

"I know how to get back at Axel…" She'd said. Roxas shuddered. She was just backwards. … Maybe.

:A few minutes Later:

After another horrific ride of all speed and no limit, Roxas stepped out of Axel's truck, feeling as though the floor was supposed to go sliding under him like those stupid Cube Car commercials, or whatever. He looked up toward the apartment structure in front of him. He blinked. It was… big. Very big. And gray. Blue gray.

"You live alone?" Roxas asked softly. Axel paused, but he didn't look sad or angry. He looked amused, as he locked his big red truck.

"My parents kicked me out when I was 13, and my cousin picked me out of the street a few days later." Axel shrugged. "I guess you could say that was how I'd met Xemnas. My cousin, Reno, had connections with him, and ol' Orange eyes took me in, and let me stay in his apartment for free, until I could pay off the rent." Roxas stopped.

"Xemnas owns all this?" The blonde nearly shrieked. Axel grinned.

"He probably owns the mayor." The redhead laughed. "You'd be surprised how much of this town belongs to Xemnas." Roxas shook his head, feeling a little light-headed. Axel started up the big winding staircase near the side of the building, leading up to the other floors. He ignored the elevator completely.

Not that Roxas minded, but it intrigued him.

"Why didn't you take the elevator?" Roxas asked curiously. Axel snorted.

"Not that I believe in Him, but if God had wanted us to commit suicide, he could've just given us suicide buttons instead of belly buttons." Axel said bitterly. Roxas cocked his head in confusion. Axel laughed.

"Elevators freak me out, Roxas. They're metal death traps, especially the one in this building." Axel elaborated, a grin lighting up his features. "I can't stay bitter for long whenever you're around, Roxas." Axel laughed. Roxas blinked.

They finally stopped, when they'd reached the fifth floor (Roxas was dying, he was so out of shape). Axel, after fishing around for his keys in his black jeans, stepped in and turned on the light. He immediately strode over to the phone. "Pizza?" He called. Roxas nodded.

"Everything on it," they said together. Axel and Roxas stared at each other. "Except anchovies," they said, again together. Axel shook his head, marveling.

"Not even Demyx eats an everything pizza, and he'd eat a horse, alive." Axel said, raising his eyebrows. Roxas laughed.

"We tried it once, and I ended eating everyone's slices. Nobody likes anchovies though." Roxas shuddered. "The eyes…" Axel grinned at this, while dialing the number for the closest pizza place.

Roxas looked around as he stepped in. It was pretty clean, but here and there were some random clothing articles lying on the floor. There was a large, gray couch against the wall, and to the left of the couch was the bathroom. Straight to the right, once you enter the door, was the kitchen. There were two bedrooms, almost sharing walls. It was pretty spacey, though, and homey. The rooms were fairly large.

Roxas stepped over a runaway pair of jeans and walked to one of the rooms. As they say on the moon, curiosity killed the cat, but satisfaction brought it back.

A large, red bed sat in here, with a computer on a desk, and a small TV. The heavenly Wii sat an inch from the TV. Roxas was tempted to touch it, but decided not too. God knew he broke too many things just by running a finger down them. But that was it. No books, nothing else. The room, for its size, was pretty lonesome. Roxas shook as he felt a chill in the room. He stepped back and peered at the other door, and decided not to go in.

"Demyx and Zexion" a plaque on the door read. Roxas raised his eyebrows, but he said nothing. He'd seen the way they sometimes acted toward each other, and he wasn't at all sure he should go in their room anyways.

There was another TV back in the living room with Axel, who was now hanging up the phone. He looked bemused.

"You think they'd never gotten an order for an everything-on-it pizza." He grinned. "You ready to get your little ass beat?" Axel challenged. Roxas scoffed.

"Not even in your dreams, spiky," Roxas shot back, adopting Tifa's nickname for the redhead. Axel made a face at him, but he went into his room. Roxas followed, and watched as Axel set it up. "Demyx might come by later," the redhead muttered as he set it up, pulling the chords out from under the game. Roxas hadn't played the old, Nintendo 64 version in a very long time, so he couldn't really remember the characters. He could remember that he loved Samus, and that he'd adopted an unnatural hate for Link quite recently (how the hell did you even win with that character? He did NO DAMAGE!). Ok, so she was a girl. She was a kick ASS girl, and he'd heard Lucario was a lot like her. Only better.

"Who you gonna be?" Axel said, handing Roxas a white controller. Roxas took it and stared at it. Wow that was slim controller. Axel smirked at the gawking blonde. "You sure you wanna get your ass whooped?" Axel asked soothingly, pity on his face.

"Aw, shut it," Roxas made a face at the redhead. "I just need to get used to such a small controller. I'd rather not use the control stick, if that's cool with you. I like using it sideways. I'll get there."

"I'll give us four minutes then," Axel said, his voice serious again. Roxas nodded. He eventually found that there was no jump button, and that the only way to jump was to press Up on the directional pad, so he stuck with that. He moved the cursor to Lucario, and Axel took Jigglypuff.

"I thought she annoyed you?" Roxas said in surprise. Axel shrugged, grinning.

"She annoys everyone else too."

Only a few moments later, Lucario was sprinting across Zelda's castle, only to get put to sleep by the annoying Jigglypuff.

"She does annoy," Roxas said through gritted teeth as he mashed the buttons, trying to wake him up. Jigglypuff started to beat the crap out of Lucario, so when he woke up, Roxas had an idea. He pressed the minus button in the middle, and grabbed the pink blob. Axel huffed. Roxas hit the pink thing a couple of times, then tossed her, lighting her on fire (BLUE fire) as he did so. Before she could land, Roxas jumped up and smacked her back in the air. Axel's face showed the horror as Roxas began to "juggle" the character.

In other words, he kept smacking Jigglypuff so she couldn't land.

"I think I'm getting the hang of this," Roxas said brightly as Jigglypuff got sent to the other side, dying again.

"You tricked me!" Axel accused, jumping down and swiping Lucario. Jigglypuff did a slam and threw him into the air. A pained look came into Roxas's eyes.

"You can't do that!" Roxas objected. He tried to find the block button, but it was to late when he did find it. Lucario died, and with one minute and three seconds left on the clock.

He got Samus down and into a hard to reach little corner of the castle. If Jigglypuff came too close, he'd smack her, and if she wasn't careful, Jigglypuff would fall off the edge and into the abyss. The he powered up Lucario's aura blaster. Axel laughed wickedly.

"That's low," the redhead accused. Roxas chuckled.

"Yeah, but it works. Too afraid to come get me?" Roxas teased, keeping Lucario steady. Axel was silent. Finally he cursed.

"Damn, I should've been Kirby." Axel pushed a hand through his hair in defeat. Roxas laughed. "All right, here goes," Axel sighed. He jumped down to Lucario, who made to swipe the pink ball, who jumped out of Lucario's way, and landed behind him. Roxas yelped, and Jigglypuff grabbed Lucario and slapped him a bit, then slammed him over the side. He fell into the abyss.

"TIME!" the game shouted, then froze. It switched to the winner-loser screen, and Roxas was shown just clapping for the winner- Jigglypuff.

"Damn," Roxas frowned. Axel whooped in joy.

"That's right, Axel's the beeest," Axel sang.

"I bet I could beat you with that big Dragon-like thing, from Mario." Roxas countered. Axel blinked, stopping mid dance.

"You mean Bowser?" He asked.

"Yeah, him. You play Donkey Kong." Roxas directed.

"Battle of the giants… I like it!" Axel grinned.

So they started, this time with a stock of 5 lives.

About an hour later, after the pizza arrived, Demyx and Zexion walked into the apartment to find the two yelling and screaming for their character to kick the other one's ass. Demyx snorted.

"Axel needs help," Zexion muttered. Demyx raised his eyebrows.

"With Super Smash? Nah, he'll beat that little" Zexion gave him a look. "Oh," Demyx blinked in realization. "Ooooooooooooooh," Demyx nodded in understanding.

"Yeah," Zexion added, shaking his head. "He needs help with that, not the game." Demyx grinned evilly all of a sudden.

"Zexion, my friend, I think I just thought up a plan." Demyx rubbed his hands together, eyeing the two sitting in front of the TV. Zexion blinked. He couldn't resist the tease.

"You can think?" Zexion teased. Demyx made a face at the silver/blue haired teen, who laughed. "I'm just kidding. What is this plan of yours?" Zexion said, looking up at the mohawked teen. Demyx grinned wolfishly.

"Just follow my lead." Demyx said as he walked into the room where Axel and Roxas were currently yelling and screaming over who'd won. Axel, apparently, had finally lost to Roxas, who was now getting better at the controls for the game.

"HA! I WON! Beat that, Axel!" Roxas yelled, jumping up to do a victory dance. The neglected, yet empty box of pizza lay a few feet behind them.

"Hey guys," Demyx said as he walked in. Roxas and Axel looked up, surprised. They hadn't seen them come in the house. "Mind if we join you?" Demyx continued.

"Yeah, no problem," Axel said, grinning. "You on my team?"

"Yeah, definitely," Demyx laughed. Zexion nodded to Roxas.

"I'll be on your team. Let's, uh, kick they're asses." Roxas grinned at Zexion's attempt at not being so solemn. It was rather humorous, considering that Zexion's face remained serious, while he swung a fisted hand in the air, attempting to look pumped.

"Cool." Roxas helped Axel pull out two more controllers. The two didn't see the quizzical look Zexion gave Demyx. The tall blonde winked, just as Axel finally reappeared from under the TV with two controllers. He grinned and handed one to Demyx, and the other to Zexion. Then he had to pull Roxas out from behind the TV, because he'd gotten stuck while pushing the two controllers forward so Axel could grab them.

"Ouch," Roxas commented after being dragged out. Axel laughed, ruffling that messy blonde hair of his.

"Ok, you two," Demyx said, promptly sitting down. "Let's make this game more interesting." Axel and Roxas both looked at Demyx quizzically, along with Zexion, who tried not to let them see. "Losers have to kiss winners for a full ten seconds." Silence. Roxas's jaw dropped, and he blushed furiously. Axel stared in shock, then a wicked grin spread across his face. Zexion looked like he was going to die of amusement- Zexion hardly ever laughed, but he looked pretty close to it.

"I like it," Axel said smartly. He turned to look at Roxas, who's mouth was still open. He had stopped blushing, but his jaw was still hanging. Axel put a finger underneath it and pushed it shut, smirking.

"All right." Zexion mused. "Shake on it." He took Demyx's hand and shook. Axel grasped Roxas's hand and did the same. They could all see Roxas swallowing heavily. If he lost, he'd have to kiss Axel. If he won, he'd still have to kiss Axel. Oh, Demyx was very good at this, though Roxas didn't know this was all a part of some twisted plot (as he'd been guessing for a few days).

"All right, Roxas," Zexion said, quickly choosing Marth. "Let's do this." Roxas pushed the d-pad, feeling nauseous. Oh boy.

And yet, there was some sort of excitement in his stomach. He wrinkled his nose and nodded. He'd have to put himself in that little part, or else he'd lose… and he couldn't actually do that. He'd have to make Axel do it, there was no way…

So, Roxas chose his best character. He chose Lucario. He was the only one he'd ever managed to beat Axel with, and Axel knew it. Axel made a tsk-ing noise, and chose his best character, a character very much like him: Ike. Now, Ike was a pretty tough character. Ike had some Hard Hitting moves, especially his final smash. However, like Lucario, he was slow, and all of his moves had to be timed perfectly.

Demyx chuckled and chose Captain Falcon, the one character Roxas hated more than ANYTHING.

So it was Marth and Lucario against Ike and Captain Falcon. Roxas made a face. Captain Falcon seemed like a stuck up character to him, always shouting out his moves. He was like a snobby cheerleader. Blech. That, and he could never beat him as a kid.

They chose Zelda's Castle, and Roxas was secretly glad. And invigorated, but he couldn't explain that. Other than that tiny little thought Zexion and Demyx had implanted into Roxas's mind earlier that day, but he refused to even THINK on that. That, and that one time in the hallway, when Axel…

Roxas shook his head. Can't get distracted! he thought. So, he and the others waited, with a stock of 20 lives. This would take a while.

"I'm surprised your friends aren't freaking out right now," Axel mused, as the countdown started.

"Oh shit!" Roxas yelped, pressing pause. It paused just as the timer stopped, and the big voice (supposedly the hand, thought Roxas) said GO! The blonde raced up and grabbed his cell phone. Heaven only knew, his friends and Aerith were probably freaking out. Not to mention Riku was going to shoot him, but that would have to wait. Or, even better, not happen.

He dialed Sora's cell phone number, but the brunette usually never picked up, and he never checked his messages. Roxas would just have to hope, and prey-

"Hello?" Came the answer.

"Sora!" Roxas cried out.

"Roxas?" the brunette said in shock. "Where are you? We were a little worried."

"Axel was going to give me a ride to my house, but then we went to his house instead. We're playing Super Smash Brothers!" Roxas said excitedly. He could hear that he was on speakerphone.

"Really?" An interested voice said in the background. It was Namine. Apparently she grabbed the phone out of Sora's hands. "So what are the stakes, Roxas?" Roxas felt his face heat up. He hadn't noticed Demyx sneak up to listen in on the call, and was shocked when the taller boy grabbed the phone from him.

"Hey!" Roxas yelped.

"Heya, Namine!" Demyx said cheerily. Roxas couldn't hear what she said. Demyx listened, then turned on the speakerphone. He laughed. "You wanna know the stakes?" Roxas jumped up and down trying to get his phone back, but Demyx just put his hand on top of the smaller blonde's head, pushing him back. "Losers gotta kiss winners." Namine just laughed over the phone, and there was a commotion as the rest of the gang burst out laughing.

"You'd better kick their Asses Roxas!" Hayner yelled into the phone. "You're too good to be making out with them! They gotta come to you!" Roxas huffed.

"Gimme my phone!" Roxas yelled. He tackled Demyx and salvaged his phone from the hysterically laughing teen. He turned the speakerphone off.

"OK!" He said, trying to change to subject. "I'LLBEHOMELATER, BYE!" Roxas shouted so quickly into the phone, his words were meshed together. He hung up before they could ask what he'd said. Sora would know, if he wasn't too busy laughing.

"Islebehomehlaterbi?" Axel said, making a face. "What does that mean?" Roxas sighed, turning off his phone.

"Nevermind." He said, shaking his head. "All right, now I'm really going to kick your asses." Roxas grabbed his controller and pressed start before Demyx could catch up. He charged up his blue fire blast quickly, and- made his first kill. Captain Falcon flew off the edge, resulting in the others laughing. Demyx pouted.

"No fair! I wasn't ready!" He whined.

About ten minutes later, it was down to Roxas and Axel, each with one life left. Roxas had just about annoyed the crap out of the redhead by standing to one side, letting Zexion distract them, charging Lucario's fire, then letting it rip. It hit Axel about 90 percent of the time. So now they were squaring off, Zexion having dragged Demyx with him when Demyx had knocked him off the edge. The other two were uncharacteristically (for Demyx, at least) quiet, waiting and watching, silently egging them on.

"C'mon, Roxas," Axel taunted. His damage levels were pretty high, and so were Roxas's, so if Ike hit him, it would be game over- and in more ways then one. Sweating, Roxas feinted, and dodged. Then he started charging up. Axel jumped and charged him, and just when Ike was about to smash him, Lucario rolled past him, whirled around, and blasted Ike. Ike went flying, and Lucario had enough time to do his victory pose.

"YES!" Roxas shouted, jumping up. "I wooon, I woooon!" He sang. Zexion stood up too, mimicking Roxas's moves, and pointing at Demyx.

"You are a loser!" Zexion said, smirking at Demyx. Roxas and Zexion high-fived each other. Axel and Demyx crossed their arms, making faces at the two. Finally, after about a minute of this went by, Axel and Demyx exchanged sinister looks. They jumped up and tackled Zexion and Roxas, Demyx taking Zexion, Axel taking Roxas. Roxas yelped in shock, and Zexion just made an Oof! noise when he hit the ground.

"Losers kiss winners," Axel said sinisterly. Roxas felt his heartbeat quicken, and he glanced over at Demyx and Zexion.

Wow. They didn't waste time.

And neither, apparently, did Axel.

Good GOD, Roxas thought to himself, as Roxas pulled his attention back to the tall, lanky redhead above him. Axel's lips taste really nice.

It didn't seem very long when the redhead eventually pulled away, and Roxas was already missing it.

Wait. Axel just kissed him.

"HOLY SHIT" Roxas thought. Or maybe that was out loud… He flipped over so Axel couldn't see his face, and he could swear he heard someone high five him, behind the blonde. Roxas pushed a hand through his hair. He allowed one smile, then quickly righted himself. He turned on his phone and checked the time. 5:30 pm. He still had time.

"On more round?" Roxas said over his shoulder, turning to smirk at the redhead staring at the blonde's back. Axel's face lit up, for some odd reason.

"Same stakes!" Demyx said quickly. And this time, it wasn't for Roxas and Axel. Zexion gave Demyx a wicked look.

"Fine by me," the quieter boy said.

And as they started, Roxas swore to himself nearly a kajillion times that he had not enjoyed that kiss. He had just been shocked by it. He had not enjoyed that kiss, he had not, he HAD NOT. Roxas was not gay. He did not like Axel.

Or did he?

Author's second note: LOLLC, I swear I nearly peed myself from laughing so hard when I read this 9although I had to edit a lot). Go Axel, with your fantasmical glomping skills! So, my fine feathered friends, looks like we're getting close to the moment! Will it happen next? Will they get together in the next chapter? Or will Larxene kill somebody with her homicidal bitch ways? You'll probably find out in about a few minutes!